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Photographs

2019 Arctic Fox Expedition Complete

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Yesterday afternoon I wrapped up my 2019 Arctic Fox expedition in the north west of Iceland. I will have a full trip report when I return home to Australia in April, but in the meantime the 2019 expedition saw us encounter the highest density of foxes I have yet experienced in this part of Iceland. We had sightings and great encounters with a total of six individual foxes during our expedition and some absolutely superb photographic experiences. At the conclusion of our expedition we took a little time to visit the Arctic Fox Centre in Sudavik where there are now a number of my Arctic Fox prints on display throughout the centre. I am now spending a week more in the north of Iceland before I make way up to Svalbard for both my winter snowmobile and winter ship expeditions.

In Search of the Wolverine in Finland in Winter

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Late yesterday I wrapped up six days of personal photography in northern Finland (in no mans land on the Russian border) trying to photograph Wolverine in winter. I decided to keep a daily video journal of the time I spent in the hide trying to photograph this elusive and shy animal. I uploaded the videos daily to social media via a pretty good 3G connection, but have now compiled them into a chronological time-line that I hope gives some insight into what it is like to spend day after day in a hide waiting for the opportunity to photograph rare and elusive wildlife. Peta-Pixel have now also picked up this story and have published it on their website.

I am now headed to Iceland to lead my annual expedition to the Hornstrandir Nature reserve in the North West fjords to photograph Arctic Fox in winter. I am really looking forward to returning to this remote area and the opportunity to again photograph these incredible animals with a small group of dedicated and passionate photographers. Perhaps best of all is that no hides are required in this area!

Gura Gear Pro Team Re-Launch 2019

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Late last year Gura Gear re-launched their much loved brand of camera bags. After a roughly year long hiatus our favourite camera bag maker is back with new and refined versions of the bags so many of us have come to love for our photographic travels.  With the re-launch of the Gura Gear line comes the re-launch of the new Pro Team and I am proud to again be among the founding members of the new Pro Team.

Full Press Release: GuraGear, LLC, an industry leader in ultra lightweight, innovative carrying solutions for photographers and videographers, announced today the launch of its newly updated website. This new website provides users with detailed information about current product offerings and will feature information about upcoming products as Gura Gear updates its product lines. The new website goes live today, February 13th, 2019 and is located at: http://www.guragear.com

The new website details the technical innovations on the recently updated Kiboko line of camera backpacks and includes product comparison charts for each of the backpacks in the Kiboko 2.0 line. Also featured is the newly updated Et Cetera 2.0 line of accessory cases and pouches, designed specifically for the modern, global traveler.

The Gura Gear website will feature the work of our Pro Team members – a select group of highly accomplished photographers that help develop and evaluate new products. “We are very excited to reconnect with the Gura Gear community and create a platform to present compelling content,” Andy Biggs, Gura Gear co-founder. Currently, our Pro Team members include Andy Biggs, Joshua Holko and Jodie and will expand in 2019.

Gura Gear’s website will be regularly updated with new product announcements and fresh, exciting content from our Pro Team partners. Visitors can sign up for direct emails from the Company at https://www.guragear.com/contact/

Photograph of the Month February 2019

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The photograph of the month for February 2019 is from my 2018 private snow mobile expedition to photograph Polar Bears on the frozen sea ice in Svalbard. Some of you may recall from my trip report, I travelled around 3000km on snow mobile over a period of three-weeks last year in search of Polar Bears on the sea ice. During that time I was able to find just one Polar Bar – this one. Fortunately for me he was nestled nicely in amongst some pressure ridge ice.

Arctic Winter Progress 2019 – Heading for Finland

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Today I wrapped up my two weeks scouting in Canada photographing Snowy Owls. These incredible birds are one of the most photogenic I have had the pleasure to photograph and I am very much looking forward to returning this December for my Sold Out workshop. For those of you who missed out on the 2019 trip I have now secured dates for January 2021 and will return to Canada to lead a small group of just five photographers to photograph these magnificent owls. If you would like to get the drop and secure an early place please just drop me an email.

I am now headed to Northern Finland to lead my Winter workshop for Wolverine, Wolves and winter trees. I was last in Finland in September last year as guest speaker at the big Nature festival in Kuusamo and am very much looking forward to returning in time for more Arctic weather!

Iceberg in Antarctica